WORLD OF LIVING THINGS assignment

 Learners Activity

1. Give any four characteristics of birds
2. State how birds reproduce
3. In one sentence give two differences between a hen and a cock
4. State the importance of feathers to a bird
5. Identify the four types of feathers
6. Which type of fertilization occurs in birds
7. What class of food is obtained from eating eggs?
8. State any one example of a scavenger birds
9. State the way a scavenger bird differs from a preying bird
10. How useful are scavenger birds in our environment
11. Apart from birds, name any other example of scavenger animals
12. What is meant by the term swimming birds?
13. List any two examples of swimming birds
14. State two ways in which swimming birds are adapted to their mode of life
15. In the space below draw a foot of a swimming bird
16. State any four ways in which birds are adapted to their mode of life
17. In four sentences state the importance of birds to people
18. State how birds can be dangerous in our environment
19. Give a reason why mammals are referred to as vertebrates
20. List the different groups of mammals
21. In one sentence give a reason why a kangaroo is regarded as a mammal
22. Give any two examples of monotremes
23. Explain why monotremes are grouped under mammals
24. In which way is duck billed platypus similar to a spiny anteater
25.  State any one example of a flying mammal
26. Name the three types of bats
27. Of what importance are echoes to bats?
28. In one sentence state how bats are useful in our environment
29. How can vampire bats be dangerous to animals
30. In one sentence state a reason why bats are regarded as mammals
31. Apart from kangaroos give any two other example of pouched mammals